Steve Busby, making his first major league start since July 6, 1976, hurled 5 1/3 scoreless innings as the Royals edged the Indians, 5-4. The righthander, who fashioned a 65-41 mark including a pair of no-hitters, in three seasons prior to undergoing surgery two years ago, yielded just two hits and three walks before departing in the sixth inning.

A quintet of relievers struggled the rest of the game to preserve the victory. Darrell Porter drove in two runs for the Royals, including the winning tally in the eighth with a single following a triple by Al Cowens. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 5, Cleveland Indians 4

Game Played on Sunday, April 9, 1978 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium

Royals 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 - 5 8 4 Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 - 4 7 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson cf 2 0 0 1 1 0 .167 Dade rf,cf 4 0 1 2 1 0 .333 McRae dh 5 0 1 0 0 1 .222 Kuiper 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Brett 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .167 Grubb lf,rf 2 1 1 0 3 0 .333 Cowens rf 4 3 3 0 0 0 .429 Thornton 1b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .125 Porter c 4 0 2 2 0 1 .375 Horton dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 Poquette lf 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Speed pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Otis ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 Norris ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Zdeb lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blanks ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 .333 Hurdle 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Bell 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .286 White 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .167 Manning cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Washington ss 2 0 1 0 1 0 .500 Cox ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Busby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pruitt c 2 0 0 0 2 0 .167 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kreuger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kinney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Colborn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 5 8 5 3 3 Totals 35 4 7 4 7 3 Time of Game: 3:00 Attendance: 7,473 Left on Base: Royals 6, Indians 11 DP: Royals 0, Indians 1 Errors: Porter, Washington 2, Busby, Pruitt Doubles: Cowens (1), Porter (1), White (1), Blanks (1), Grubb (1) Triples: Cowens (1) Stolen Bases: Washington 3 (3), Wilson (2), Grubb (1) Sacrifice Hits: Washington (1), Zdeb (1), Wilson (1) Sacrifice Flies: Poquette (1), Otis (1), Wilson (1) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Busby W(1-0) 5.1 2 0 0 3 0 0 21 0.00 Bird 2 5 4 3 1 2 0 13 13.50 Hrabosky 0.1 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.00 Gura 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.00 Colborn 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Mingori SV(1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Totals 9 7 4 3 7 3 0 42 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wise L(0-1) 5.1 4 3 3 3 3 0 23 5.06 Kreuger 1.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 5.40 Kinney 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 9.00 Kern 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 9 8 5 5 3 3 0 38 Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Dale Ford, 3B - Russ Goetz ROYALS 1ST: umpire Nick Bremigan missed game due to illness; Wilson popped to third; 27 minute rain delay at 2:35; McRae popped to second; Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Dade reached on an error by Washington; Dade was picked off first but was safe on an error by Busby [Dade to second]; Dade was out trying to advance to third (first to third); Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb walked; Thornton flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. ROYALS 2ND: Cowens doubled to left; Porter flied out to right [Cowens to third]; Poquette lined out on a sacrifice fly to right [Cowens scored]; Hurdle lined to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Horton grounded out (third to first); Blanks doubled to center; Bell walked; Manning popped to catcher; Pruitt popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 0. ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (third to first); Washington walked; Washington stole second [Washington to third (error by Pruitt)]; Wilson walked; Wilson stole second; McRae was called out on strikes; Brett walked; Cowens forced Brett (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Dade grounded out (second to first); Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 0. ROYALS 4TH: Porter was called out on strikes; Poquette grounded out (first unassisted); Hurdle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Thornton popped to shortstop; Horton singled to left; Blanks grounded out (second to first) [Horton to second]; Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 0. ROYALS 5TH: White grounded out (third to first); Washington grounded out (first to pitcher); Wilson lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 5TH: Manning grounded out (second to first); Pruitt grounded out (shortstop to first); Dade flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 0. ROYALS 6TH: McRae singled to center; Brett forced McRae (first to shortstop); Cowens singled to right [Brett to third]; Porter doubled to right [Brett scored, Cowens to third]; KREUGER REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); OTIS BATTED FOR POQUETTE; Otis hit a sacrifice fly to right [Cowens scored, Porter to third]; Hurdle grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Indians 0. INDIANS 6TH: ZDEB REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING LF); Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb walked; BIRD REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); Grubb stole second [Grubb to third (error by Porter)]; Thornton struck out; Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Indians 0. ROYALS 7TH: White doubled to center; Washington reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [White to third]; Wilson lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [White scored]; Washington stole second; McRae lined to third; Brett grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 0. INDIANS 7TH: Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell reached on an error by Washington; Manning grounded out (second to first) [Bell to second]; Pruitt walked; Dade singled to left [Bell scored (unearned), Pruitt to second]; Kuiper grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 1. ROYALS 8TH: KINNEY REPLACED KREUGER (PITCHING); Cowens tripled to right; Debut game for Dennis Kinney; Porter singled to left [Cowens scored]; Zdeb out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Porter to second]; Hurdle grounded out (second to first) [Porter to third]; White flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Indians 1. INDIANS 8TH: Grubb doubled to right; Thornton was called out on strikes; Horton singled to right [Grubb to third]; SPEED RAN FOR HORTON; Blanks singled to right [Grubb scored, Speed to third]; Bell singled to left [Speed scored, Blanks to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); COX BATTED FOR MANNING; Cox struck out; Pruitt walked [Blanks to third, Bell to second]; Dade walked [Blanks scored, Bell to third, Pruitt to second]; GURA REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 5, Indians 4. ROYALS 9TH: SPEED STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); COX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); DADE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); GRUBB CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); KERN REPLACED KINNEY (PITCHING); Washington singled to left; Wilson out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Washington to second]; Washington stole third; McRae flied into a double play to second [Washington out at home (second to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Indians 4. INDIANS 9TH: Grubb walked; COLBORN REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Thornton popped to catcher in foul territory; MINGORI REPLACED COLBORN (PITCHING); NORRIS BATTED FOR SPEED; Norris popped to second; Blanks forced Grubb (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Indians 4.

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